Regulations on euthanasia differ from country to country. <br />Over in Australia assisted suicide is illegal.<br />Which is why a scientist named David Goodall left home and traveled to Switzerland to end his life.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo explains how his action may bring attention to the necessity of this option. <br /> <br /> "What are we waiting for?"<br />That's what 104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall said before he ended his life on Thursday local time at the Life Circle clinic in Switzerland. <br /><br />Goodall had to fly from Australia to Switzerland for his assisted suicide as such an act is illegal in Australia. <br />Living longer than a century, Goodall, who was not terminally ill, said his deteriorating quality of life led him to make the decision. <br /><br /> "My life has been rather poor for the past year or so, and I am very happy to end it, yes."<br /><br />To pay for Goodall's journey and expenses, euthanasia advocacy group Exit International raised almost 15-thousand U.S. dollars.<br /><br /> "He successfully ended his life and ended his long journey today, with an infusion of Nembutal, and he died at half-past twelve."<br /><br /> Goodall hoped that his case would draw attention to the need for a world-wide debate on the possibility of euthanasia for elderly people. <br /><br />Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News <br />
